Delicious UK - (12)December 2020

STORIES OF HOPE

“Food helped us

find our

way

through

this crazy year”

WhenGeorginaBurrows’work
asaneventsorganiserdriedup
almostovernight,sheembarked
ona braveanddifferentventure.
SussexEggspressnowdelivers
organiceggsanda wholelot
moretotheareanearherhome
in Lewes, East Sussex.

“Whenthepandemichappened,
I lostallfiveofmyeventsprojects
inoneweek.It wasawful.I was
worriedaboutincome– the
governmenthadn’tlaunchedthe
self-employedsupportschemesat
thatpoint– butI wasmoreanxious
aboutnothavinganythingtodofor
anindefiniteamountoftime.
People were panic buying and

Behindtheheadlinesin 2020 arehundredsofstoriesofcourage,

resilienceandhope.Threepeoplereflectonhowtheirlivestook

a dynamicnewdirectionduringtheyearwhereeverything

changed – and why they won’t be looking back in 2021

INTERVIEWS BY KERRY FOWLER. PORTRAIT OF GEORGINA: CHRIS QUIGLEY

THE LOCAL FOOD HERO

I wentfrom

nothingtodoing

workI nowlove–

I’vesoldmore

than30,000eggs

since March

Ispottedtherewerenoeggsinthe

shops.I knewtherewerea couple

oforganicchickenfarmsinSussex

thatsoldwholesale,soI posted

a questionontheLewesFacebook

group:if I couldgetaneggdelivery

forthenextfewweeks,would

anybodybeinterested?I had

60 ordersin2 hours– thehens

couldn’tlayfastenough!

ThefarmI workwithhasallthe

rightethicalcredentialsforme:the

eggsarefullyorganic,thechickens

arehigherwelfare,RSPCA-assured,

andit’spartofa schemewherehens

arerehousedaspetsafterthey

finishlaying.Moreandmorepeople

gotintouch,soI setupa website

and hired my friend Tracey, a travel

writerwhowasalsooutofwork,to

dodeliveriesinBrightonandHove.

I’vealwayslovedfoodand

cookingseasonally,andI particularly

wantedtosupporttheproducers

nearbywho’dlostalltheir

restaurant and hospitality orders,